The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[thecfarm]

Well at least you are getting sunshine.
Had a customer come in today, his solar power fence charger is dead. No sun.  :(

[Al_Smith]

That's the problem with wind or solar .It's not like you can store it up in big silos or mason jars or  something .If the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow you're up the creek without a paddle .Exactly the reason why prior to the REA act they included a gasoline powered generator on those old "Delco " systems using wind mills . Hmm ,come to think of it some of us still have stand by generators so as to keep the lights on so to speak .Aha --I have two of same . ;D

[SwampDonkey]

I've used my generator this week, and all we had was a foggy day. ;D Lights flickered for 2 days after they restored it, not now. Only out for 30 minutes. The trouble along a lot of rural roads is old snags, some are 20" firs or 36" aspen, no line will handle that load. ;D You don't need wind. I was in an old growth hemlock forest out west timber cruising one day. No storm, no wind, one of them 50" hemlocks decided it was coming down.  And they are 150' tall. Run away!!!! A lot of rain out there, so the ground is super saturated at times.

[jimbarry]

... one of them 50" hemlocks decided it was coming down.  And they are 150' tall. Run away!!!! ...

So then, is it true? When a tree falls in the forest, and you were around to hear it, did it make a sound?  

[doc henderson]

Jim, I think it goes, "If a man speaks in the forest, and no woman is around to hear it, is he still wrong!"   :D

[Magicman]

Or it could be:


 

[mike_belben]

We have a storage container full of domestic stuff.  Yesterday my wife wanted me to put some stuff in and take some stuff out.   Every time something goes wrong in that shed its somehow my fault.  I said no, do it yourself.  If im gonna be in trouble for helping you i just wont help you. I will put it in the burn barrel where i always get things right, or you put it in the container where i always get things wrong. 

[PoginyHill]

Well, seems as though you'll get in trouble for helping AND for not helping. Pick your poison.

[mike_belben]

Nah.  She did it herself without issue.  I spent the entire frozen day outside working on heating system while she baked to keep the house warm.  She knows when to back off on honey dos or hear me roar.

I learned a long time ago to be comfortable with others being angry at me.  Weve all seen guys play doormat for decades then she leaves with half his earnings for some jerk.  

I figure staying poor and being a jerk mitigates all risk!   ;D


Truth is she appreciates me keeping her in check. We get along better and better keeping each other in check are not afraid of some serious battles to do it. Life was terrible when i played doormat, just made her more demanding. "Are your legs broken" is a necessary part of marital balance imo. So is a little combat from time to time. I dont make life easy on that poor woman thats for sure.  I tell her im the punishment for wrongs in her past life! 

11 years last week and its as good as ever.  She didnt complain when i spent a half hour getting her ice mound of a car ready to go while she was in a hot shower.   Wasnt asked to, just the right thing to do.

[Al_Smith]

I've got a 40 foot shipping box full of stuff myself .Full for and aft ,stem to stern top to bottom .Handy but hoisting totes full of junk to the top shelf is not so handy as it once was .The holidays are over and sooner or later I'll have my Ranger loaded up with totes about 2 loads full to go back in .How do women amass so much stuff for homey -do - lists  ??? 

[mike_belben]

A 40?  

I could fill 5 of them. And i woulda but the price went through the roof and my money fell apart before i could get me some. I bought the forklift specifically to build a container shop but the Lord had other plans im waiting to see unfold. 

[PoginyHill]

Truth is she appreciates me keeping her in check.

She's a keeper! I've had a keeper for 34 years, but I'm not to that point yet!!

[Al_Smith]

It's a hoot about those containers and can be a scam .I researched it before I bought this one .It came out of Columbus Ohio from a company near Cleveland from an agent in Arizona if memory serves .Paid for by a wire transfer that cost me not one dime because I have a tidy little sum in one particular bank .
I talked to one flim flam huckster I assumed by the accent was in the Philippians Islands who alleged to me he controlled over 500 agents in the USA alone .Which has nothing to do with fire wood except I've got 8 gallons of chainsaw bar oil on a shelf .As well as 20 gallons of anti freeze and about the same in full synthetic motor oil .You have to buy this stuff when it's cheap you know .Right place right time ,works for me  ;)

[petefrom bearswamp]

Doc, I have 2 beer coozies with that printed on them.
Men chuckle, women roll their eyes.

[mike_belben]

we got in a little spat out of the blue this morning. our attitudes just flared right up like they often do over some little tiff i cant even fully remember. yet we didnt throw anything, break anything, yell or swear and still said love you bye as she left for work.   so i guess thats proof even the worst side of us is continually getting better.  we printed divorce papers many times over the years but i think god wants us to stick it out for his plan, and im pretty glad about that. 

[fabandfirewood]

 

 
we were out cutting and took this pic. we ended up cutting up the nearest two piles(not in pic) which was about 5 cords or so combined. i have two more way larger piles too do later. all this wood is for free and we get to use the mini too. they said that their will be 20 or so piles that size when they are done clearing for us. about 3/4 of the piles are hardwoods and  mostly red and white oak 

[Al_Smith]

I'm a tad long in the tooth and I don't sell the stuff any more .It's mostly wind falls and standing dead and I don't have to freeze my tail feathers off doing it .The weather broke today and popped up to just under freezing from the last couple of weeks hovering in the teens Time to move .I got about 3/4 of a cord today which certainly is not a record but not too bad considering .Cherry on the left and linden /bass wood  on the right .Not the best but it all makes heat .

  

[Al_Smith]

I might add that axe in the picture has to be well over 100 years and that cant hook is likely close to it .Of course the splitter I made from parts and pieces .If it's fit tomorrow I'll round up some small stuff that doesn't need split .I've got tons of it on the ground .

[crazy4saws]

A few pictures from this past weekend. Temps finally steady in the teens. 




 
This skid had a hard maple saw log mixed with shagbark hickory tops
 

Made a bracket for each side of the gator to keep small limbs from rolling off while cutting. Keeps the chain out of the dirt and helps the back.
 
Most of this pile is all blow down from this year. A lot of shagback hickory, some hard maple, elm, cherry and ash. 
 
 Next years wood
 
 We winch logs in between the two rows, buck, split and stack in one spot. Background of above pic shows the logs staged to be pulled in next.
    

[SwampDonkey]

@Al_Smith That basswood is probably just as good as the aspen I burn, it'll give ya an 85 degree house just as quick as oak, might not burn as long but still good heat. ;D

[Al_Smith]

It goes back to the subject that all wood puts out the same heat by weight and not volume .Which is true .You just need more of it .I've got a couple of wind blowns I need to take care of .That's all it takes ,a big wind when they are leafed out and it snaps them like a tooth pick . It might snap them off 8 feet above the ground then you have a hanger to deal with .
I'm not certain if there is any commercial use for linden except maybe boxes for grapes and such .Maybe not even that because some form of plastic has filled that niche .

[Al_Smith]

Another thing .I don't claim to be a forester or a lumber grader but that bass wood puzzles me .They never seem to die and the growth rings are close but it's not hard .I decided to take a mighty lick at a 24" round as I was about done with it .I drove that old axe clear up to the handle ,buried it ,no split .If that were a piece of white oak I'd have went through it or rather 30 ago should have .I can still swing it a mighty lick just can't do it as long .

[SwampDonkey]

I'm not certain if there is any commercial use for linden except maybe boxes for grapes and such .Maybe not even that because some form of plastic has filled that niche .

We make them from aspen veneer in NB. Cheap wood,  they grow everywhere here, fast.

[SwampDonkey]

Another thing .I don't claim to be a forester or a lumber grader but that bass wood puzzles me .They never seem to die and the growth rings are close but it's not hard .I decided to take a mighty lick at a 24" round as I was about done with it .I drove that old axe clear up to the handle ,buried it ,no split .If that were a piece of white oak I'd have went through it or rather 30 ago should have .I can still swing it a mighty lick just can't do it as long .

It's hard stuff to plane to, real fibrous. Bark, good for rope making. Best use I see is for carving and maybe wood burning, no resin in it to stink when burning.

I've seen Bernstein bend it green for a round topped chest. He uses it for his parcel delivery box as he's on a rural dirt road in the middle of nowhere. :D He pine tarred it, loves that expensive hootch for preservative. :D

[PoginyHill]

Basswood is used in small volume as rotary veneer. White wood with little to no heartwood, not a lot of character. But makes a good paint-grade plywood panel or back grade to a maple face.